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i used to live there when i was a teenager. one thing i learned there -- >> you lived in afghanistan? >> 1969 to 1971 and kabul. my father was a professor for two years. i was a member of the afghanistan ski patrol junior grade and skied there. a lot of afghans are ill literate. it does not mean stupid. i'm not sure mints you will cultured. the average afghan probably knows more poe friday by heart than hardly anyone in america. you can run into afghan tribesmen that know hundreds of poems and thousands of proverbs. we would consider in their conversation quite literate. even when lived there, it seemed to me the warfare was w the afghan national sport. one of my favorite books on this reege son by john masters. it is a memoir of being in british officer in the 1930s. the a much began cousins showed up rather angrily and confronted him. where are our models, they said? they said turn enemy. no, no. you gave medals to the men on your side. we want our medals, too. you couldn't have had a good war without us. very much the afghan
i used to live there when i was a teenager. one thing i learned there -- >> you lived in afghanistan? >> 1969 to 1971 and kabul. my father was a professor for two years. i was a member of the afghanistan ski patrol junior grade and skied there. a lot of afghans are ill literate. it does not mean stupid. i'm not sure mints you will cultured. the average afghan probably knows more poe friday by heart than hardly anyone in america. you can run into afghan tribesmen that know hundreds...
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it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic governor, a strong supporter of obama, obama had come and stood with him three times saying, new jersey, vote for this man. he just lost by five points. it was about a 20-point drop in support. that tells you something. jersey is a democratic state, but they're worried about specific things. unemployment, taxes, they worry about a lot in jersey. terrible property taxes. a bad economy. that's where their minds are. that's who votes in jersey. the president -- >> i lived in jersey. >> i lived in jersey. that's what they're worried about right now. >> still in j
it used to be about 42%. now it was about 53% or so of people. i think the president in a number of ways domestically, a lot of business, a lot of spending. the promise, i think, of tax increases has taken people aback a little bit and i think he has damaged his brand, as they say in the language of merchandising which has now become the language of politics. i think jersey was the big election. i think obama had carried jersey i think by about 15 points just one year ago. now the democratic...
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you can use this and try to tell us where it's all going since that's part of your new report as well. >> basically, the afghan opium leaves the country through three different routes. about 150 tons of heroin reach pakistan. about 105 -- slightly more than that -- tons reach iran. and the remaining, which is about 55 tons of heroin reach central asia. of course this is not to stay in these three countries. a good deal of the pakistani cargo moves into iran and the whole lot goes through iran, into turkey, and then eventually into the european union. >> and a lot into russia. right? >> the segment which i show goes through central asia -- about 70 tons of it -- reach russia and then goes on. >> in your report you said the afghan economy generates $700 million into evil hands, some with black turbans, some with white collars. what do you mean? >> the black turbans are easily identified. you know with whom. white collars -- we intend to refer to, for example, officials in the afghan administration whether in kabul or in the provinces or in the federal government, or people in the army o
you can use this and try to tell us where it's all going since that's part of your new report as well. >> basically, the afghan opium leaves the country through three different routes. about 150 tons of heroin reach pakistan. about 105 -- slightly more than that -- tons reach iran. and the remaining, which is about 55 tons of heroin reach central asia. of course this is not to stay in these three countries. a good deal of the pakistani cargo moves into iran and the whole lot goes through...
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let us set a consistent pattern that as we move forward, let us try them in military courts. host: the headline in -- next phone call is from michigan. you are on the line. caller: here is my presidential voting record, just so everyone knows. i voted for ronald reagan, bush, perot, clinton, gore, and obama. what do you think about dick cheney coming out and calling obama weak the day after the christmas day attack? as far as information-sharing goes, you hear about things that 9/11 commission did not pick up on. able danger was blocked by a military lawyers to share information on purpose. what are your comments on that? guest: thank you. i understand some of the frustrations the former vice president may have to. repeatedly over the last 12 months, everything that is wrong with america has been blamed on the previous administration. i might prefer at this point in time to say, mr. cheney, kind of back off. i understand why he is speaking. he is proud of his track record. it is an imperfect track record on some of these national security cases, but it was a focused effort. h
let us set a consistent pattern that as we move forward, let us try them in military courts. host: the headline in -- next phone call is from michigan. you are on the line. caller: here is my presidential voting record, just so everyone knows. i voted for ronald reagan, bush, perot, clinton, gore, and obama. what do you think about dick cheney coming out and calling obama weak the day after the christmas day attack? as far as information-sharing goes, you hear about things that 9/11 commission...
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nobody ever tells us." and then i look at the budget and we are spending hundreds of millions of dollars and nobody knows. and then what is deeply discouraging is that they say, we know what the chinese do. we know what the japanese do. we can point to the buildings they build and the roads that they have laid. i want the world to know what the american people are doing to try to fight poverty and provide education and healthcare. we've got to bring this to scale, which is why i talked about sectors and areas of convergence. so there is a lot of work that raj is going to be facing, that we need the help of the larger community. let me say a word about contractors. some of the best people in development are doing contract work. i know people. people used to be at usaid or somewhere else who are now doing contract worke. it is not financially sustainable. we cannot continue to send so many >> out -- we cannot continue this in so many dollars out the door with no monitoring, no evaluation, no accountability. i
nobody ever tells us." and then i look at the budget and we are spending hundreds of millions of dollars and nobody knows. and then what is deeply discouraging is that they say, we know what the chinese do. we know what the japanese do. we can point to the buildings they build and the roads that they have laid. i want the world to know what the american people are doing to try to fight poverty and provide education and healthcare. we've got to bring this to scale, which is why i talked...
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there is a vehicle for taking open source ideas and making the available so that they can be used, but that whole area is just now being developed. . . this could not have been in the minds of the founding fathers when they rose a single sentence that exclusive rights to the inventors and authors. never has the world in in more need of desperate innovation. this whole stimulus package is nothing compared to the people being incentivized to solve problems. there needs to be big changes. my fear is that in the process of trying to change this for the convenience of some currently powerful industries, the unintended consequence of what is now being viewed as a reform of the patent system could lead it neutered and it would be a terrible thing to remove the incentive. a terrible thing that he will not see until the next generation goes through. >> i could listen to you with the rest of the day, the rest of the week. need to ask each of you for your prediction and hopefully it is an optimistic. >> we have a temporary reprieve from the high food prices that we have seen from 2006-2007 becaus
there is a vehicle for taking open source ideas and making the available so that they can be used, but that whole area is just now being developed. . . this could not have been in the minds of the founding fathers when they rose a single sentence that exclusive rights to the inventors and authors. never has the world in in more need of desperate innovation. this whole stimulus package is nothing compared to the people being incentivized to solve problems. there needs to be big changes. my fear...
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this is not a sailor's chart actually the sailors would have used. this is an ornamental copy of a chart based on a sailor's chart, given to a king, but i've chosen it because it is so -- clearly shows you the characteristic features of sailor's charts. there are three main ones and one it shows the mediterranean basin. used by sailors who wanted to go to italy and north africa and the holy land and sailing into the atlantic and up the eastern seaboard there. -- sorry, the western seaboard. and the second trait of the maps, they are crisscrossed of the lines radiating out, and those are rum lines and they were designed to help sailors plot their course from place-to-place and seems obvious now but the compass, at this point, was relatively new arrival in europe and allowed people to sail over open water more than they had been able to prior. and the third feature of this kind of map is that where the actual jie graphical information resides, primarily, is along the coast -- geographical information resides, primarily is along the coast and you see pl
this is not a sailor's chart actually the sailors would have used. this is an ornamental copy of a chart based on a sailor's chart, given to a king, but i've chosen it because it is so -- clearly shows you the characteristic features of sailor's charts. there are three main ones and one it shows the mediterranean basin. used by sailors who wanted to go to italy and north africa and the holy land and sailing into the atlantic and up the eastern seaboard there. -- sorry, the western seaboard. and...
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the price tag: 5 and half billion us dollars. like its sister establishment in macao... it will offer gambling, luxury, and ousands of new jobs... all targeted to attract the worlds wealthy for pleasure and business. >>arasi: we really think it will be perhaps the icon of singapore, drawing people from all walks of life. >>reporter: the marina bay sands project is evidence of the islands growing prominence. singapore pitches itselfas a leading world capital... a hub for shipping and technology....for the arts and the media... for education and medical treatment... and most importantly... for financial services. private wealth management is the countrys strongsuit... and its lead is increasing as banks vie for bigger shares of the lucrative market. ocbc bought ings private bank... and anz captured the business at rbs... virtually all banks here are trying to hire more private bankers to increase their asian footprint... out in front... the uk bank, standard chartered... its global headquarters for private banking is here... for th
the price tag: 5 and half billion us dollars. like its sister establishment in macao... it will offer gambling, luxury, and ousands of new jobs... all targeted to attract the worlds wealthy for pleasure and business. >>arasi: we really think it will be perhaps the icon of singapore, drawing people from all walks of life. >>reporter: the marina bay sands project is evidence of the islands growing prominence. singapore pitches itselfas a leading world capital... a hub for shipping and...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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so what purdue said was that what we need -- the way to address that is to basically used taxis. -- using taxes by forcing the polluters to pay some of the costs of their business. if they face high carbon taxes they're going to cut down on carbon emissions. so that's a form of market failure and the solution. there's lots of other forms and lots of them have to do with information problems. health care is a topical example. what's wrong with health care? there's a lot wrong, but two things that can be traced to basic economic problems. one, there's an information asymmetry. the people -- if you try to buy coverage on an individual basis, you know a lot more about your health care, your health record than the company does who you're trying to buy the policy from. they suspect you're either chronically ill or have a good likelihood if you're out there trying to buy individual coverage. very hard for you to persuade them that's not the case. so as a result of that asymmetry, corporations are in the business of making money, and they're reluctant to take on individuals as a cost elm that's w
so what purdue said was that what we need -- the way to address that is to basically used taxis. -- using taxes by forcing the polluters to pay some of the costs of their business. if they face high carbon taxes they're going to cut down on carbon emissions. so that's a form of market failure and the solution. there's lots of other forms and lots of them have to do with information problems. health care is a topical example. what's wrong with health care? there's a lot wrong, but two things...
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these maps are also used as a political symbol. this is the holy roman emperor frederick the first was in the standard european's of holding a club in a sector. the globes is broken into the form of a to map. you will see in the stained-glass sometimes little do maps. the symbolism here is pretty potent too. here's the european monarchs saying he aspires to extending his reach around the entire globe. so religious and political symbolism came together in the late middle ages in especially in the 1300's in a series of pretty lavation grand mathis of the world like this one other often called latin for maps of the world and they contain a lot of the elements we have already been talking about. the sergel here is basically a to map. if you strip away the detailed degree notion is the at the bottom separated by the green t thar europe on the left and africa on the right. if you look it the top of the map in particular, we have got a lot of that symbolism that we were just talking about. this is christ hovering above the world and the k
these maps are also used as a political symbol. this is the holy roman emperor frederick the first was in the standard european's of holding a club in a sector. the globes is broken into the form of a to map. you will see in the stained-glass sometimes little do maps. the symbolism here is pretty potent too. here's the european monarchs saying he aspires to extending his reach around the entire globe. so religious and political symbolism came together in the late middle ages in especially in...
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they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no, stop. they do not need us to pass legislation there has been no outreach of year. i want to sit down and try to address the problems that we have. i know my principles are. i am not going to sacrifice my principles by sitting down and negotiating. i am willing to sit down and work with them. b>> there are a majority of elements. >> i will not vote for a bill that raises taxes. i will not vote for a bill lakers decided government. i will not vote for a bill that this government -- put his government in control of the decisions american should
they are not enamored with us. they have seen with the other teams will do. >> you said that you favor bipartisan legislation. do you think that the irresponsibility of the majority, the only way they can get it is to get the minority? >> there are 59 democrats in the senate and 41 republicans. in the house, the democrat majority is 40 seats larger than the minority. the only bipartisan opposition to the job killing agenda are republicans and moderate democrats were saying, no,...
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none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i think people get the little they afraid of that. can you keep a meaningful benefit and keep it solvent long term? that is what we want. adverse selection, you are going to cover everybody? we are going to have episcopal big enough to enjoy that. we do not have the overnight -- overhead cost for this. there are things that you do not need to do. it attracts the middle-class population because we had the financing peace. we had to get the money for the premium. one population is kids in college. one was to make sure we do so
none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i...
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this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to demonstrate this finding in a simple way, i will use a statistical model that summarizes the historical interfaces of the housing model. this model is similar to economists that seek to analyze the evolution of data series over time. the model incorporates seven variables including measures of economic growth, inflation, unemployment and house prices and the federal funds rate, and it's estimated using data from 1997-2002. for our purposes the value of such a model can be used to predict the behavior of any areas studies, assuming that the historical situation holds and that the other historical values are included. slide 6 shows these from 2003-2008. . . a possible objection to this conclusion is that because of changes in methods of housing finance, responsiveness of prices to monetary policy may have been different in the past decade than was in the 1980's and the 1990's. about one-third of mortgage applications were for adjustable rate mortgage products in 2003-2004. this linka
this can be used in models that make no use of economic theory. to demonstrate this finding in a simple way, i will use a statistical model that summarizes the historical interfaces of the housing model. this model is similar to economists that seek to analyze the evolution of data series over time. the model incorporates seven variables including measures of economic growth, inflation, unemployment and house prices and the federal funds rate, and it's estimated using data from 1997-2002. for...
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i hope you will be able to revisit that place for us and give us an update. >> mr. marshall? >> i would like to yield my time, the gentlemen from mississippi? >> thank you, mr. marshall. i never guessed we would be at war in panama or afghanistan. i thought it would be war against the russians but that did not happen. the things we don't expect to happen do happen. an area that concerns me is our carriers can go 15 years here or there on years built into that festival -- vessel. they have refueled every three to five days. a logical assumption is the weak link in our carrier task force is the oiler that protect the carrier. if i am a potential enemy of the united states i will not hit us where we are strong, i will hit us where we are week. we have a limited number in the pacific between 8 and 12. the logical question would be since our enemies have been good at finding weaknesses in exploiting them in iraq, what steps are we taking? should some scenario developed in the pacific where a potential enemy's first step is to take out those eight or 12 oilers. does the fleet faile
i hope you will be able to revisit that place for us and give us an update. >> mr. marshall? >> i would like to yield my time, the gentlemen from mississippi? >> thank you, mr. marshall. i never guessed we would be at war in panama or afghanistan. i thought it would be war against the russians but that did not happen. the things we don't expect to happen do happen. an area that concerns me is our carriers can go 15 years here or there on years built into that festival --...
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we did they pose to us. -- the dangers that day oppose to us. when you go repeatedly iran, which is proceeding and paste to develop nuclear weapons which will support terrorism in a number of places and destabilize the middle eastern region, when you go repeatedly to iran, as it realizes its own citizens, you eventually begin to send a message being seen by others in the gulf. the message is we are prepared to accord them a position of power that iranian dissidents in the country's near i ran find dangerous -- near a run by endangers and concerning. i think the president does not understand that. if he had it would have been a far more disciplined approach to engagement. they were scorned and revealed publicly and as a means of embarrassing the united states. walter referred to the arsonists. i think he had president bush in mind. sometimes fires are put out by setting deliver it fires. i am not an expert, but i think you set a fire sometimes to contain a fire in order to deprive the fire your hoping to contain of combustible material which woul
we did they pose to us. -- the dangers that day oppose to us. when you go repeatedly iran, which is proceeding and paste to develop nuclear weapons which will support terrorism in a number of places and destabilize the middle eastern region, when you go repeatedly to iran, as it realizes its own citizens, you eventually begin to send a message being seen by others in the gulf. the message is we are prepared to accord them a position of power that iranian dissidents in the country's near i ran...
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used to be called the aluminum company of america. the largest aluminum maker in the world that it is also lobbying for the environmental restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions in the name of global warming. alcoa happens to make aluminum car frames, aluminum car frames are just as strong but much lighter than steel carvings. high quality performance cars will have an aluminum frame as opposed to a steel frame. aldermen costs a lot more to make. so the effect on u.s. consumer or an automaker of environmental regulation, whether it isw3 to efficiency standards or global warming regulation, is to drive up the cost of buying a steel car which makes you more likely to bite and a aluminum framed if you're. alcoa makes most of its aluminum and manufactures most of the car frames down in australia. where it has just successfully lobbied to kill the global warming bill down there. and the
used to be called the aluminum company of america. the largest aluminum maker in the world that it is also lobbying for the environmental restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions in the name of global warming. alcoa happens to make aluminum car frames, aluminum car frames are just as strong but much lighter than steel carvings. high quality performance cars will have an aluminum frame as opposed to a steel frame. aldermen costs a lot more to make. so the effect on u.s. consumer or an automaker...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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[applause] [applause] >> let us pray. >> let us pray. lord god of heaven and earth, father of us all, as we ask your spirit to be at this gathering, and all the great benefits you lay upon america's table, we cannot help but pray for our brothers and sisters in haiti, afghanistan, and iraq. you are ever atentive to every human need, and the greatest hungers of the human heart, for you alone are the lord, god. for those who hunger for economic and homeland security, lord, grant interior freedom and trustworthy protection. for those families that hunger for work and bright promise for their children, bring forth bright management of time and talent and perseverence in continued education for the future. lord, renew the nation in faith. remove the veil of cynicism and fear that inhibits your people's ability to be creative and struss -- industrious in common endeavor. bless our president, all the members in congress, and all involved in the judiciary system. may the three branches of the people's government live in true balance being accoun
[applause] [applause] >> let us pray. >> let us pray. lord god of heaven and earth, father of us all, as we ask your spirit to be at this gathering, and all the great benefits you lay upon america's table, we cannot help but pray for our brothers and sisters in haiti, afghanistan, and iraq. you are ever atentive to every human need, and the greatest hungers of the human heart, for you alone are the lord, god. for those who hunger for economic and homeland security, lord, grant...
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using tablets of modernity. i think 9/11 in many ways has not only should our response over the last eight years, but will continue to shape how we look at international security over the next few decades, if not centuries. this is an environment that is defined by factors that i think are well-known to you all, but i think are important to put in context. increasing globalization where, what happens in one country, can ripple across the world and affect others. i think the recent financial crisis is only underscored the dimensions of the interconnectedness of the world. this is an environment in which there is a proliferation of information, good, bad, indifferent. conspiracy theories, truths, the wikipedia era, the web 2.0 era of social networking, where information is instantaneous, information is widely distributed, and can be had in any corner of the world. it's also an era in which the means of destruction can be catastrophic, and could be available to individuals and networks. i think this recent case of
using tablets of modernity. i think 9/11 in many ways has not only should our response over the last eight years, but will continue to shape how we look at international security over the next few decades, if not centuries. this is an environment that is defined by factors that i think are well-known to you all, but i think are important to put in context. increasing globalization where, what happens in one country, can ripple across the world and affect others. i think the recent financial...
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mode density -- using modernity. this makes them incredibly potent. this also speaks to the information environment. the web 2.0 technologies of today, the ability to move money through cell phones, use a chat rooms or blogs, highlight where we are coming national security perspective. you see this in the terrorism context where you have individuals that are radicals that are connected to other groups by the internet. the use of communicative tools but we saw in the fort hood case where the perpetrator was communicating with eight american yemeni cleric. this is a different era in terms of information. it is also a different era and the context of how social context operate. not only the bad guys can use this but also other movements can use them like the green movement in iran. the use them to organize and plan moving forward. we saw the importance of facebook and several of these moments. one of the things that we saw on the national security council was a growing movement against terrorism using these technologies
mode density -- using modernity. this makes them incredibly potent. this also speaks to the information environment. the web 2.0 technologies of today, the ability to move money through cell phones, use a chat rooms or blogs, highlight where we are coming national security perspective. you see this in the terrorism context where you have individuals that are radicals that are connected to other groups by the internet. the use of communicative tools but we saw in the fort hood case where the...
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they are almost oblivious to the fact -- there's a phrase they used to use. virginia was the bomb they used to say. we were it. i guess our sheer size contributed. i'd like to say there was a special quality about virginia's. i've been here 20 of myself and i love the state, but i really couldn't account for what it was, what cause, you know, why virginia. i will say though, you are right, the names you mention. washington, the father the country. jefferson is the father of the declaration. and of course, later on he will have mattison and mason, important leaders and other political areas. unit, virginia get produced some great leaders spent what are the everyday virginians think about british and also the revolution? >> while, it depends. you've got to have some tory or loyalist support. but it wasn't so greater in virginia. as maybe in new york where you've done quite a bit of loyalist support. that's what my book focus a lot on. more of the everyday virginians that i have a lot of courts on that. what i think is need is you can see, as you see the whole d
they are almost oblivious to the fact -- there's a phrase they used to use. virginia was the bomb they used to say. we were it. i guess our sheer size contributed. i'd like to say there was a special quality about virginia's. i've been here 20 of myself and i love the state, but i really couldn't account for what it was, what cause, you know, why virginia. i will say though, you are right, the names you mention. washington, the father the country. jefferson is the father of the declaration. and...
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it must be a policy imperative for all of us. and i'm happy to say that in recent weeks, both the united states congress in the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign relations committee have held ground breaking hearings on violence against women, certainly as a human rights issue, but also as an economic issue, and as a security issue. since beijing, more and more countries have passed laws criminalizing violence against women. yet it continues to exact a toll on all societies. these laws are too often not implemented or enforced. and there is too often too large a gap between the legal status of women, de jure, and de facto. no country can prosper without half its women. solving the problems the world faces requires the full participation of women as peacemakers and peace builders, as policy experts, as decision makers, as leaders, ensuring that women can reach these roles requires that they have safe access to education and safety is still e louisive in much of -- elusive in much of the world, that they are
it must be a policy imperative for all of us. and i'm happy to say that in recent weeks, both the united states congress in the senate foreign relations committee and the house foreign relations committee have held ground breaking hearings on violence against women, certainly as a human rights issue, but also as an economic issue, and as a security issue. since beijing, more and more countries have passed laws criminalizing violence against women. yet it continues to exact a toll on all...
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he will keep us off and walk us through the program. the floor is -- kick us off and walk us through the program. dennis, the floor is yours. >> thank you, and good afternoon. i'm dennis warner and i am the senior water adviser for catholic relief services, and i will be the moderator for that meeting today. there are people who do not have the seeds and need to seats -- there is a room one floor down at this end up the circular walkway, with a video feed where you can sit and watch and hear the panel in perhaps a bit more comfort. but it is your trees. at this point, i would like to ask ken hackett, president of catholic relief services, to make some remarks to you. ken he is the head of a work in -- ken is the head of an organization which is one of the largest humanitarian relief organizations in the world. he oversees activities in over 100 countries, with a staff of our perching 5000 people. -- fallstaff approaching 5000 people. he became president -- a staff approaching 5000 people. he became president in 1993. >> thank you to the
he will keep us off and walk us through the program. the floor is -- kick us off and walk us through the program. dennis, the floor is yours. >> thank you, and good afternoon. i'm dennis warner and i am the senior water adviser for catholic relief services, and i will be the moderator for that meeting today. there are people who do not have the seeds and need to seats -- there is a room one floor down at this end up the circular walkway, with a video feed where you can sit and watch and...
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which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than to the health care issue then things start getting a little more problematic and a part of the big issue is the act will scope or scale of the issue is really are known. if you look at vietnamese figures, we have already heard the figure of 400,000 deaths attributable to exposure to the agent orange by oxen, the vietnamese themselves, but the figure of 4.8 million people in to get mom that have health or medical problems associated with exposure to dioxin and agent orange, and one recent media reports put that in your estimated cost of dealing with health effects of agent orange dioxin at $30 bil
which is hopefully of greater use than just this one application but could be used in other situations around the world. there has been some criticism in the vietnamese press and from the vietnamese government about the speed at which this cleanup program has proceeded however my impressions have been that by and large the relationship between the u.s. entities and vietnamese entities are involved in this containment and clean-up activity has been fairly good and fairly successful. moving than...
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the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum cleanup that it did after it pulled out of luck canal zone in 1999 we have offered a miner's son of money i think a couple of million dollars to help them clean up these facilities but our position has been what are you asking for you want to go in and clean up unpopulated islet and destroy to get to these weapons you will clean them up and then the result will actually be worse as a few -- as opposed to leaving them alone to our response has been a deal with it, and here is some hush money. compare that with our efforts -- our cleanup efforts in canada. as i mentioned a couple of relatively minor smal
the idea being that the japanese might use chemical weapons against us in the south pacific or we might have to use them against the japanese, and there is no understanding of what would be like in dutch arbuckle environment. we have control of these islands. we will test weapons there. not all of them went off. there are to this day and accounted for a number of chemical weapons sitting on a few islands off the coast of panama. the u.s. has offered in addition to the kind of bear minimum...
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it is used for that purpose. in that mission, it has never failed. >> since 1942, this is the same marble floor that every world leader has walked upon. >> when you first come into blair house, it is easy to look at it and say, wow, this is a wonderful home or beautiful museum. it is much more. it is a tool of diplomacy for the united states. this is the way that the nation really opens its doors to guests that we want to honor with a particular way, to say this is our home, we're opening this to you, and you are here as our guest. >> when it was acquired by francis preston blair and 1837, it eventually became called the blair house, and then later on simply blair house. >> the customer has ben that house is offered to the incoming president just before their inauguration. that would stay here for a time immediately before the inauguration. >> this is the story of a house on pennsylvania avenue. usually eclipsed by its famous neighbor, the white house. guesthouse for foreign leaders, home to presidential advisers
it is used for that purpose. in that mission, it has never failed. >> since 1942, this is the same marble floor that every world leader has walked upon. >> when you first come into blair house, it is easy to look at it and say, wow, this is a wonderful home or beautiful museum. it is much more. it is a tool of diplomacy for the united states. this is the way that the nation really opens its doors to guests that we want to honor with a particular way, to say this is our home, we're...
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and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in fact, this particular person was not trained, and pakistan does not change the fact that the inspiration for all of this comes from al qaeda and al qaeda's leadership is based in the remotest areas on the afghanistan/pakistan border. so we concluded without any dissent that this was a national security issue. we could not walk away from it. the second question was therefore, what do we do about it? the answer has been laid out in a serious of speeches and public states by president obama march 27th and december of last year were the two major statements. but ther
and bruce gave us 60 days. i thank strobe for lending him to us. and we concluded quite simply that america's basic national security interest were at stake in these two countries. this was not enough where the vietnam posed no direct threat to the american homeland. it was not iraq, where saddam hussein had attacks on our countries, including pakistan itself has been planned. the people out there said they would do it again, very clearly, as the near miss on christmas day demonstrates. in...
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terrorism has been with us as long as history books have been with us. and if you talk about financial crisis it goes hand in hand with capitalism. we just need to look at the tulip bubbles of centuries ago. so they are not different in nature though they are essential to deal w. we are, however, confronted with self megatrends that do posit a new challenge that might require new kinds of responses. perhaps new institutions or arrangements at the international level. perhaps the solutions will be from bottom up or national governments or the market. we will find out from our panel what they think. among them, of course, first climate and related ecosystem challenges. we will talk about them in a moment as the world leaders including president obama are soon to garrett for the u.n. summit. if you talk about global health in an age of increasing interconnectedness whether the pandemics that we are in the midst of with h1n1, but also the threats that come a little more silently. the chronic diseases that arise silently from a sicker, fatter and older world
terrorism has been with us as long as history books have been with us. and if you talk about financial crisis it goes hand in hand with capitalism. we just need to look at the tulip bubbles of centuries ago. so they are not different in nature though they are essential to deal w. we are, however, confronted with self megatrends that do posit a new challenge that might require new kinds of responses. perhaps new institutions or arrangements at the international level. perhaps the solutions will...
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>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies. i'm asking you if you would be willing to add some of these policies with the highest unemployment and the ensure economy that we have now, to assure west virginians that you are listening. >> i listen all the time including to your governor who is somebody who i enjoyed working with a lot before the campaign and now that i am president. know that the west virgin -- that west virginia struggles with unemployment and i know how important coal is to estrogen and a lot of our natural resources there. that is part of the reason i hav
>> thank you for joining us. as you said in your state of the union address, jobs and the economy are number one. Ñiçói agree with you on that. Ñii represent their state of wet virginia. we have a lot of coal and a lot of natural gas. my miners and the folks that are working and those are -- who are unemployed are very concerned by your policies in these areas, cap and trade, an aggressive epa, and the looming prospect of higher taxes. ñrin our minds, these are job killing policies....
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that's not how we used to operate, and that's not how i intend us to operate going forward. we are going to take these big things on, and i'm going to do it, and you're going to do it, because you know that we want to leave a better america for our children and our grandchildren. and that doesn't mean standing still; that means marching forward. i want to march forward with you. i want to work with you. i want to fight for you. i hope you're willing to stand by me, even during these tough times, because i believe in a brighter future for america. thank you, everybody. god bless you. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next, your calls and comments on "washington journal." after that, a discussion with steny hoyer and eric cantor. then president obama's first year in office. on thursday, the supreme court struck down limits that corporations and unions can spend on political campaigns. this week on "america and the courts" a look at the supreme court and its impact. we'll have statements from attorney floyd abhams and reaction from the democratic committee chair. and analysis on the de
that's not how we used to operate, and that's not how i intend us to operate going forward. we are going to take these big things on, and i'm going to do it, and you're going to do it, because you know that we want to leave a better america for our children and our grandchildren. and that doesn't mean standing still; that means marching forward. i want to march forward with you. i want to work with you. i want to fight for you. i hope you're willing to stand by me, even during these tough...
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do bless us now as we begin the important work ahead of us and may you who begin this good work in us bring it to fulfillment. we ask in your holy name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will lead the house in th i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication from the clerk. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on december 24, 2009, at 8:14 a.m. that the senate passed with an amendment, h.r. 730, that the senate passed without amendment h.r. 3819, h.r. 4314. with best wishes i am. signed sincerely, lorraine c. miller, clerk of the house. the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, madam, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of repr
do bless us now as we begin the important work ahead of us and may you who begin this good work in us bring it to fulfillment. we ask in your holy name. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair will lead the house in th i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. the chair lays before the house a communication from the clerk. the clerk: the honorable the speaker,...
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no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a problem that is unique to us. it is largely caused by the fact that we have an aging population and of rising cost of medical care so that our medical commitments and our pension commitments will grow faster than the economy and faster than taxes at any feasible rate of taxation. so we have to do something about this. but, the japanese have the worst problem. they are aging faster than we are. the europeans are aging faster than we are. many of them have taken drastic steps. we have not had to face this problem because we were l
no one would lend it to us. the interest rates we would have to pay would sink our economy and mean that we were putting most of our tax dollars into debt service. why am i confident that we might succeed in this endeavor tax is partly because, actually, if you look at what needs to be changed, rather small changes in the un member of things -- in a number of things, spending and tax programs, phased in over time can solve this problem. we are a productive, growing economy. this is not a...
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but here is the experiment i would like us to conduct. >> do you use to work at the imf? so the stamp of approval is not necessarily a good thing? >> not necessarily a good thing. [laughter] i want to have a thought experiment. supposing we had started this crisis, we went into this crisis at 60% of the debt to gdp and added 40% roughly 100% of gdp that i think what spoke psychologically might spook markets and the other contrast i have is china went into this crisis with public debt 20% of gdp, and in some ways the chinese were highly affected by the crisis because there was exporting so much that when the demand collapsed in the world economy their exports took a beating. but because the public debt to the gdp was so low the the fiscal ammunition to throw everything at the problem to recover and from my own country india is 80% of gdp wasn't able to do the same thing so while i think 60% is a good target to aim i think looking experience in this crisis, you know, and good times especially if we get growth going forward i would be much more comfortable with something eve
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that afghan people love us? i am told that the other speaker was comparing afghanistan, our presence in afghanistan to the soviet presence in afghanistan. they were doing exactly the same thing that we are trying to do. i would just mentioned i was born in india. the british were doing the same thing in india. they develop, build roads, schools, and it said india's to britain for education. and invested in it that blessings of the western civilization. my question is are we not doing the same thing? are the imperial powers doing as they did? believing their own premises without testing what afghans are doing. i visited twice pakistan in the last three years. i heard them say that this is the same jihad against foreigners that we fought in the 19 eighties now against americans. >> thank you. -- in the '80s now against the americans. >> are we making the same mistakes as the soviets? are we making the same mistakes as we did in iraq? the difference between the soviet occupation -- and there are 42 other countries
that afghan people love us? i am told that the other speaker was comparing afghanistan, our presence in afghanistan to the soviet presence in afghanistan. they were doing exactly the same thing that we are trying to do. i would just mentioned i was born in india. the british were doing the same thing in india. they develop, build roads, schools, and it said india's to britain for education. and invested in it that blessings of the western civilization. my question is are we not doing the same...
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fortunately it has been preserved for us to see. and recently it was refurbished, made into a museum. victoria station. you take a bus or a taxi, and you can see the study where "the origin of species" was written. their is a -- their is a -- their is t here is a roster of magistrates in the local courthouse. you can't see this because it is not on public display. he was a magistrate. he was a justice of the peace. he served as a justice of the peace. he was quite proud of that. well, one day all of this idyllic life was shattered. he received a letter from alfred russel wallace who had come up with exactly the same theory of evolution by natural selection, a younger naturalist. he did not know what to do. he did not know whether to burn his whole book or whether people would think he stole something from wallace. he sort of toward his hair out in a little soliloquy. it lent itself to a song. so i will let darwin tell it. he says, a younger naturalists, alfred russel wallace, working alone in the jungles of malaysia came up with exa
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i am used to bidders. i come from a country their spending on the streets but one wouldn't expect in the richest country of the world. >> another question from the audience. what role does corporate greed play in the creation and maintenance of poverty? >> and our global economy today, the big challenge is how do you hold economic actors accountable for human rights? the traditional concept of human rights is the state, the government, the country, the state owes the duty to respect your rights in the global economy today if you are a person living in eastern congo than the decisions that affect your life are not being made in the capitol of your country. they are being made in four of the board rooms so how do you influence that? and that's why there is a movement now going on to bring human rights responsibility tabare on big business. there is a process in the united nations going on, amnesty international is campaigning for international standards to be set for companies about how companies should be p
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analyze that for us. guest: again, when people start feeling more optimistic they actually come into the labor market. so if they're not hearing that their friends are getting jobs, if they don't see any help wanted signs, then maybe you say, maybe i'll stay home. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we didn't get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool -- the labor pool didn't grow because people are still that discouraged. and, you know, sometimes people just think, you know what, i am going to shovel drives for the winter. i don't feel like leaving the house. gas is so expensive. i am not going to drive around looking for work. host: it actually effects the national economy? guest: it helps hold down the guest: it helps hold down the unemployment so that we had a better looking number. how many people are sitting at home underemployed, and not getting raises, not getting bonuses. this is a grim picture for workers. this is an ongoing problem that the administration has to address. host: grisorevisio
analyze that for us. guest: again, when people start feeling more optimistic they actually come into the labor market. so if they're not hearing that their friends are getting jobs, if they don't see any help wanted signs, then maybe you say, maybe i'll stay home. even though we lost 85,000 jobs we didn't get a higher unemployment rate because the job pool -- the labor pool didn't grow because people are still that discouraged. and, you know, sometimes people just think, you know what, i am...
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that's not how we used to operate, and that's not how i intend us to operate going forward. we are going to take these big things on, and i'm going to do it, and you're going to do it, because you know that we want to leave a better america for our children and our grandchildren. and that doesn't mean standing still; that means marching forward. i want to march forward with you. i want to work with you. i want to fight for you. i hope you're willing to stand by me, even during these tough times, because i believe in a brighter future for america. thank you, everybody. god bless you. ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> next, secretary of state hillary clinton's speech on internet freedom. after that, the state department briefing on the diplomatic efforts concerning worldwide internet access. then the house hearing on the force could shootings. -- on the fort hood shootings. >> abigail adams had to remind john adams to rem
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against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she said was misconstrued and i take her at her word wishes of the system works the president's consistent saying the system failed and was a catastrophic failure particularly catastrophic failure and there were doubts the could have been connected and should have been connected that were not just clear in hindsight but were clear at the time just a couple of quick examples of that and to mention one in particular paul mentioned, the nsa intercepts that a nigerian was being prepared for attacks in the united s
against us. the odds are always in the terrorist favor. there is no question about that. that said, it seems to me that does not and shouldn't be used to prevent failures. one of the additional things to me that seems is commendable about the president's response to this which it doesn't say in the beginning is unlike the typical government response or maybe i did say it but it is worth underscoring hear the president in contrast to the initial statement on secretary napolitano's part which she...
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who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that uncertainty? >> well, it is very difficult because i think it is a level of uncertainty, it is higher than it has been in a long, long time. history tells us loud and clear, that if nothing else in the economy doesn't work right in uncertainty, it is investment. people will not invest if you don't know what the rules are. the more i thought about this, i sometimes think that we don't understand the economy at all and just in case anybody is dying for the answer, bob lutz and i will have it out in the books. the notion,
who would use it. what you might bring to it and then the different technologies that you will use to achieve that product or the manner in which you go about constructing the service that you're going to get. all of those which we basically put under the term commercialization. >> carl, one of the biggest issues, you and i talked about this at length, sometimes, is there is enormous uncertainty on health care, on cap and trade, on jobs, on elections. how are they navigating through that...
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that they're looking forward to us using the time between now and when we reconvene to have a legislation well underway to reconciliation. we are trying to reconcile two bills that are good bills. there are real good things in the senate bill. great things in the house bill. what we have to do now is meld these two together and do this in such a way that the american people will feel that the time and imaging in this effort has been worth while. >> thank you very much. we are particularly delighted with the leadership of the president of the united states. without his leadership, without his vision, without his encouragement we would not be right on the verge right now of passing this historic legislation which will be placed, i think, in its rightful place, alongside social security, medicare and now health care for all americans. any of my colleagues wish to add? any question? >> madam speaker, as you know, a number of moderates said that the senate legislation can't change too much and still get 60 votes in the senate. so what is is it critical for members to see? >> we want our final
that they're looking forward to us using the time between now and when we reconvene to have a legislation well underway to reconciliation. we are trying to reconcile two bills that are good bills. there are real good things in the senate bill. great things in the house bill. what we have to do now is meld these two together and do this in such a way that the american people will feel that the time and imaging in this effort has been worth while. >> thank you very much. we are particularly...
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that has guided us. i'm not aware that politics has entered into this by any stretch of the imagination. >> secretary gates was in india and then he went to pakistan and afghanistan. in india, they are on high alert and in pakistan he said pakistan is not doing enough. [unintelligible] in washington, there are more pakistani. there is a statement that [unintelligible] >> i probably would challenge the facts behind your question but i would defer to the fbi in terms of the ongoing interaction it is having with the pakistan- american community. i do not think you have that question right. secretary gates and secretary clinton and others, we continue to have significant dialogue with the government of pakistan. the government of india, the government of afghanistan. about how we can have stability , dialogue, and cooperation across the region. that is ultimately how jointly these countries together with the u.s. will be able to stabilize the region and the fate and deter political extremists who threaten in
that has guided us. i'm not aware that politics has entered into this by any stretch of the imagination. >> secretary gates was in india and then he went to pakistan and afghanistan. in india, they are on high alert and in pakistan he said pakistan is not doing enough. [unintelligible] in washington, there are more pakistani. there is a statement that [unintelligible] >> i probably would challenge the facts behind your question but i would defer to the fbi in terms of the ongoing...
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none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i think people get the little they afraid of that. can you keep a meaningful benefit and keep it solvent long term? that is what we want. adverse selection, you are going to cover everybody? we are going to have episcopal big enough to enjoy that. we do not have the overnight -- overhead cost for this. there are things that you do not need to do. it attracts the middle-class population because we had the financing peace. we had to get the money for the premium. @@@@@@@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have to two populations that
none of us know about it. until you do it, you will not know the types of the variables that will matter. a lot of focus on the financing model, we wonder what that is about. if you get below the financing and talk about what that 24 hours is like for an individual or what it is like for that individual who significantly has something on the autism spectrum. what is it like for them when they cannot get a fair cuts. when you get below the financing, you have to think about what it is like. i...
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but ultimately, they got us onto a path in which you could see us improving. they will say, you lifted a lot of heavy weight. >> when you look at the political economy, does that give you any insight into thinking about what the political economy will look like here of for the next few years? >> no. no, unless you have -- the only patterns that emerge from the political economy that are very clear are those extreme cases where you had a sovereign default in which any administration in place is not going to survive it. apart from that, our sample of crises are drawn from very high grade political systems in a very different stages of being into a particular administration. it really -- in the political arena, though one general -- the one general theme that we can point to which has political implications is seldom does growth bail you out in terms of the debt accumulation. >it is not often. the odds do not favor you that you will grow. which ever administration is in place post crisis -- >> interesting. i can see that the clock is ticking. i will stop. with th
but ultimately, they got us onto a path in which you could see us improving. they will say, you lifted a lot of heavy weight. >> when you look at the political economy, does that give you any insight into thinking about what the political economy will look like here of for the next few years? >> no. no, unless you have -- the only patterns that emerge from the political economy that are very clear are those extreme cases where you had a sovereign default in which any administration...
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thus more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us been behind us. the deep recession and projected recovery mean under the current law lower tax revenues and higher always for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates these automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition cbo projects last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by about 2% gdp and by a smaller amount next year. as averitt, economy recovers and the stabilizers and legislative policies fate awaits the budget deficit will shrink relative to gdp. however as i noted the deficit remains large throughout the decade under the current law and the current law changed in some way that more closely matches current policy the amount of government borrowing relative to gdp would be unprecedented in the post war period. a large and persistent imbalance between federal spending and revenues is apparent in cbo projections for the next ten years. and it will be exacerbated in the coming decades by the aging population and
thus more of the pain of unemployment from this downturn lies ahead of us been behind us. the deep recession and projected recovery mean under the current law lower tax revenues and higher always for certain benefit programs. cbo estimates these automatic stabilizers will increase the budget deficit by more than 2% of gdp in both 2010 and 2011. in addition cbo projects last year's fiscal stimulus package will increase the deficit by about 2% gdp and by a smaller amount next year. as averitt,...
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. >> it gives us a chance to use our fireplace. now >> i have been here 40 years, and this is one of the coldest winters. >> the winter blast also attacked the northeast. boston got a double whammy of snow and flooding. high tides created massive waves that/-- cracked against seawalls. winter did not show any mercy against the midwest either. firefighters battled not only blazes but arctic conditions, sending a second alarm, but in cleveland, life trenches on. >> as long as you dress properly, and layers, good hat, boots, and you are ready to go. >> now your weather forecast with john collins. >> we have really gotten good taste of winter here with this cold air. big storms over new england, and they are still getting storms. it is not heavy snow, but it has been persistent. a couple of flurries have pushed as far south as maryland. higher clouds a little further south. the lake effect is over pennsylvania but not quite making it into garrett county at this point. temperatures have been getting our attention. the readings are not t
. >> it gives us a chance to use our fireplace. now >> i have been here 40 years, and this is one of the coldest winters. >> the winter blast also attacked the northeast. boston got a double whammy of snow and flooding. high tides created massive waves that/-- cracked against seawalls. winter did not show any mercy against the midwest either. firefighters battled not only blazes but arctic conditions, sending a second alarm, but in cleveland, life trenches on. >> as long...
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gorbachev in 1989 it used a phrase which had so infuriated. later by 1990-'91 cards have had moved beyond that. this understanding of socialism by that time was more than us synonymous with west european social democrats. really by that time no longer west german chancellor, but presidents of socialist international organization of democratic socialist parties in western europe. and the spanish socialist prime minister at that time. kirby johnson least favorite politicians were not surprisingly nikolai ryzhkov. the fact that the soviet union had embraced an advertising change and by no means a fully fledged democracy had become a pluralistic political system with contested elections for a legislature with real power was of profound importance for eastern europe. even more important, and this is my fourth immediate source was a change of soviet foreign policy. as early as 1985 gorbachev told the leaders of the east european countries that you could expect no more soviet interventions to keep him in office, no more military assistance. this was
gorbachev in 1989 it used a phrase which had so infuriated. later by 1990-'91 cards have had moved beyond that. this understanding of socialism by that time was more than us synonymous with west european social democrats. really by that time no longer west german chancellor, but presidents of socialist international organization of democratic socialist parties in western europe. and the spanish socialist prime minister at that time. kirby johnson least favorite politicians were not surprisingly...
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-- like the ones used in the attempted attack. we are already scheduledo deploy 300 more. we made deploying more than that. >> these are nervous times. and later jets is courted one plane back to an airport in oregon because of a destructive passenger. officials said there was no known terrorists and link but it is a sign of how skittish this attack has made america. thousands of miles away yemeni officials revealed they nigerian man accused of that attempt may have met with a known u.s.-born radical cleric and members of al qaeda. but if the terrorist network is so widespread and diverse, kendeigh is a new measures really keep americans saved? -- can these measures keep america safe? >> there is no foolproof solution. our adversaries will seek new ways to evade this. >> the president suggested no one would be fired as a result, insisting failures were not the responsibility of any individual. instead the commander in chief took full responsibility for keeping the country safe, saying ultimately the buck stops with me. >> the thre
-- like the ones used in the attempted attack. we are already scheduledo deploy 300 more. we made deploying more than that. >> these are nervous times. and later jets is courted one plane back to an airport in oregon because of a destructive passenger. officials said there was no known terrorists and link but it is a sign of how skittish this attack has made america. thousands of miles away yemeni officials revealed they nigerian man accused of that attempt may have met with a known...
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but that also tells us how a different approach will keep us safe and has been keeping us safe. so it needs to calm fears that it needs to promote clear thinking. it needs to enable people to take in fact because as long as the kind of framework for thinking on the war on terrorism, there are facts that will simply not be heard, or that will be rejected because they don't fit that frame. and it needs to be a narrative that is in the hands of everyone who is capable of influencing public thinking, at a significant level. before the next crisis happened. leaders, educators, community leaders, members of congress. the fact that there could have been any sense of not being prepared for what to say after something like the christmas attempt, and after evidence emerged of potentially dangerous homeland sources, or domestic sources of terrorism. but that could've been unanticipated or unprepared for and someone is unimaginable. those things were so inevitable, i need to prepare for those things are making occasions standpoint is critical and clear to me. and i would just add two more p
but that also tells us how a different approach will keep us safe and has been keeping us safe. so it needs to calm fears that it needs to promote clear thinking. it needs to enable people to take in fact because as long as the kind of framework for thinking on the war on terrorism, there are facts that will simply not be heard, or that will be rejected because they don't fit that frame. and it needs to be a narrative that is in the hands of everyone who is capable of influencing public...